#mercator

[porterdavis]

The Mercator Projection maps have fooled Donnie good.

He thinks Greenland is bigger than Africa. Here's the truth:

[nocternalrandomness]

Martin P4M maritime reconnaissance aircraft from USN VP-21 over the Patuxent River circa 1950

[ceevee5]

I love maps like this. Africa is big, but the Mercator projection stretches things nearer the poles, innit.

[carloskaplan]

Mapa do Ártico de Mercator

[faribahi]

Mercator, Ostende, Belgium, 2021.

[fateroulette]

(OC) Gerardus Mercator

1x:

[nevernoneart]

DAY 5: MAP - This is the Dahlia “Mercator”. The Mercator projection is a geographical chart where a spherical globe is flattened into a two dimensional map, presented by geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569. The dahlia is a large cactus dahlia with red stripes radiating out of the centre, resembling its namesake.

I should mention that this is the flower that made me realise that I could link plants to each prompt. Thank you to @farmergracy for the inspiration!

[envisitadecortesia]

Efeméride: 3 de junio de 1955 - buque escuela "Mercator"

El día 3 de junio de 1955 procedente del puerto de Amberes llegaba el buque escuela belga “Mercator” al mando del capitán Roger Ghys. Tras su cruce por la bocana, el práctico de guardia lo guio hasta el Muelle de Bosch y Alsina, lugar en el que permanecería hasta el día 7 de junio. Buque escuela “Mercator”(Instituto Marítimo de Flandes) Fue construido en 1931 por los astilleros escoceses de…

[uamariner]

SV "Mercator". Belgian school ship, Tall Ships Races participant and fl...

[witchynek0]

I always found the so interesting, that maps aren't accurate and alot of it is made up to perspective or an ideology. anyways, fun site! also. a niche little fact about maps

In their defence, a lot of it is sand.

[thycoop]

I was on a bus, when we (unfortunately) went through Bovec; A town of about 1500 in north-western Slovenia. And I was inspired to make this because it's so funny to me that there's just nothing but a flat valley with a random really tall mountain far away.

[snowysaur]

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[faribahi]

Mercator, Ostende, Belgium, 2021.

[caterpillarinacave]

The “letting exhibits interact with people at night so they can teach them about history” is all fun and games until Ahkmenrah gets hit with both “Egypt isn’t in Africa” and “Aliens built the pyramids” in one night

[pixelcatsend]

We now have dates for the official end of beta: June 2-15, 2024!

End of Beta Event Timeline End of Beta: On June 2nd at 10:00 Eastern Time, the site will go down briefly for an update. The resulting story event will run from June 2nd at 10:00 to June 9th at 10:00. Beginning of Full Release: On June 9th at 10:00, the site will go down for a more extended period of time for another update. Mercats will release at this time. Open Registration: The site will be open for new player registration from June 2nd at 10:00 to June 16th at 10:00.

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